Lifting lever for disk wheels



April 12, 1927.

1,624,356 E. A. NELSON LIFTING LEVER FOR DISK WHEELS Original Filed Aug. 29. 1924 ll/A INVENTOR.

.WJ. BY I Patented Apr. 12, 1927.

. E STATES: PATENT, OFFICE- f' sun. A NELSON, or am'Ne'roN, PENNSYLVANIA, assro on To run!) WHEEL con- PA Y', or PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, A co romnoN or rE NsYLvaNIa.

LIFTING LEVER. ron m sx winters.

Application fillet]. August 29, 1924, sum No. 734,835. 1mm February 10, 1927.

This invention relates to a wheelmounting device and, more particularly, to a lifting and locating device for disk Wheels of the type inw'v-hlch the wheel is securedon the hub by means of removable bolts or screws inserted through spaced openings'in the disk of thewheel andsecured in similarly spaced openings in the hub aligned therewith.

fIn mounting Wheelsof this type on their" 'hubs, t'he axle of thevehicle, and the hub.

- mounted thereon, is lifted, 'by' means of a secured in the openings. As the wheels are jack or equivalent device, to a height slightly above that corresponding to Fits-normal position when" the vheel is mounted.- :{lhe "wheel must then belifted from the ground until its bolt holes are in alignment with the-corresponding openings of the hub and' the securin bolts or-studs fitted into and somewhat heavy and cumbersome and diflicult .to handle, the alignment of the bolt openings and theattachmentof the wheel may prove diflicult. I

An ob'ect of my present invention is to 'provide a device by whicha wheel may be readily and easily lifted to its proper position with-openings in the hub.

Other QbJects of the invention are to provide a lifting andlocating devicefor wheels by which, as the wheel is lifted into position, the attachment openings are automatically brought into proper alignment and by which the wheel maybe easily held inaligned position while the attaching screws orstuds are being inserted and certain of them screwed'or otherwise secured in place. I

Further objects, and objects relating to details and economies of construction and operation, will definitely appear from. the

detailed description to follow. In one instance, I have accomplished the objects" of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification. My

invention is clearlydefined and pointed out in the appended claims. A structure constituting a preferred embodiment of myinvention .is illustrated in the accompanying fdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional View of a hub, a disk wheel and-a lifting and locating lever therefor, embodying a form of my present invention, the section being taken on a vertical diameter of the wheel and hub, and the and,

sockets perforated at, 19, and spaced to align -w1th the openings, 15, of the hub member,

wheel being shown in a partly lifted position with the l ever device in use.

Fig. 2 is a similar sectional view of a portion of the hub, wheel, and liftingrand locating lever, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3, showing theposition of these members as the wheel is in position to be secured to the hub.

Fig. 3 is av side view of a portion of the wheel and a sectionof the lifting and locating lever, taken on the line 33 of F ig: 1,

Fig. 4 isa plan view of the lifting and locating lever.

s In the drawings, the same reference numerals refer to the same parts throughout the several views, and the sectional views are taken looking in the direction of the arrows at the ends of the section lines.

In the embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the invention is shown in connection with a hub, 10, mounted on an axle, 11, in any suitable manner, and having a radially extending flange, 14, to which, in the case of a rear wheel, a brake drum, 12, may be secured. The flange, 14, of the hub is -provided with a series of spaced, threaded openings, 15, five being shownvby way of example, and the portion, 13, of the-brake drum hascorresponding, slightly larger, aligned openings, 16, through which the attaching studs ay be inserted to secure a disk wheel, 17, on the hub tightly against the flange, 14. I

- For this purpose, the wheel, 17, is provided with a central rib portion, 18, adapted to rest against the portion, 13, of the "brake drum, 12, or against the flange, 14, when no brake drum is used, and this portion, 18, is provided with a number of coneaveseats or 10.- The wheel is detachably secured upon the hub by means of studs (not shown) which extend through the holes, 19, of the disk and screw into the threaded holes, 15 100 of the hub'flange, 14. In this instance the studs are provided with convert shoulders fitting the concave seats or sockets in which the holes, 19, are formed.

It will be. obvious that, when any two of 105 the openings of the wheel are aligned with the respective openings in the hub member, the remaining openings of the wheel will be in alignment with their-respective hub opening's, In lifting the wheelinto operative position with respect to the hub member, the present invention serves to bring two of the wheel openings into alignment with their respective hubopenings so that the securing screws may be readily inserted and screwed into the remaining openings of the wheel and hub.

For this purpose, the lifting and locating device isprovided with pair of spaced parallel arms, 24 and 25, rigidly mounted in position with respect to a yoke member, 26, the axial centers of the arms being spaced apart at a distance equal to the distance between centers of two of the openings, 19, of the wheel. hen five openings are employed, the distance between any two non-consecutive or non-adjacent openings, such as those indicated at 27 and 28 of Fig. 3, is preferably selected. The lifting and locating device has the parallel arms, 24 and 25, each terminating in the tapered portions, 31. In front of said tapered portions, the

arms have the cylindrical portions, 33,*of a diameter to lit in the openings, 15, of the hub flange, 14. In front of such cylindrical portions, the arms may have the slightly larger cylindrical portions, 35, of a size to fit in the openings, 19, of the disk wheel. In front of the portions, 35, of the arms are the convex shoulders, 37, which fit the concave sockets of the disk throu h which the openings, 19, are formed. hen the wheel is to be lifted and located on its hub, it is preferably rolled to a position in which two of the openings, 19, he in or substantially in a common horizontal plane. The arms, 24 and 25, of the lifting andv locating tool are then inserted through the openings, 19, until the shoulders, 37, rseat in the corresponding sockets of the disk. It'will be observed that the free ends of the arms project considerably on the inner side of the disk. The operator grasps the yoke orcross bar, 26, with one hand and, steadying the wheel, if need be, with the other hand, lifts the wheels into alignment with the hub.

The free ends of the arms are then inserted into the two openings, 15, of the hub flange alignedtherewith and, since the cylindrical portions, 33, fit the holes, 15, (being of the same general form as the fastening means to be used), the disk, 17-, is supported in operative position on the hub by the mounting tool. The tapered portions, 31, facilitate the entering of the ends of the arms of the mounting tool into the openings of the disk and hub. \Vhile the disk issupported in operative position on the hub by the mounting tool, the securing studs may be inserted and screwed into the unoccupied openings of disk and hub after which the mounting tool may be removed and the securing studs inserted and screwed into the openings formerly occupied by the arms of the mounting tool. Thus, the objects of the invention are neat-nae realized. The tapei'ed'ends not only enable the pilot bar to be easilyintered in the apertures in the demountcd wheel, but also easily entered in the registering apertures in the hub itself. The enlar ed sections of the levers prevent the'whee while being raised,

from sliding down-the levers and mashing the hand of the operator; the yoke construction not only; enables the operator to get a convenient and'firm grip on thetool but, by. the transverse leverage it atlords 'enables him tokeep the wheel and the hursteady, and the fact thattlie engagingen s of the levers are of the same surface configuration as the fastening means to be used guarantees perfect alignment when the tool and ,t-he wheel whiclrit' carriesare forced home upon thehubQ m,

' Some. of; these advantages can be secured whenbut one lever is used instead of-the yoke-connected pair .ofdevers, and I desire to be understoodthat Lmay so embody, my

invention though I prefer, because ofthe completeness of the resultssecured, to em-Y.

body it in the form shown. The tool is sub;

Ject to consnderable .inodification without' departing in any. manner from the generic spirit of the invention to the end of adapting it for use in connection with wheels 7 having diti'erent types of hub and wheel fas" cure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of thetype described comprisin a lifting tool having a pair of spaced su stantially parallel arms adapted to be inserted through spaced openings of a wheel and a hub member, and ayoke portion rig idly connecting said arms,

, 2. A device of the type described comprising a lifting tool having a pair of s aced.

substantially arallel arms adapted to inserted throug spaced openings'of a wheel and aub member, and a yoke portion rigidlynzlonnecting said arms, one of said arms at'least having a shoulder adapted to abut against the edges of the openings of said wheel.

3. A device of the type described comprising a pair of spaced substantially parallel arms adapted to be inserted through spaced openings of a wheel and a hub member, and a yoke portion connecting said arms, said arms bein of equal length and each arm having a shoulder adapted to abut the edge of the opening of the wheel through which the arm is inserted, said shoulders being at 45A device o'fthe equal distanc es froni the free ends of their arms adapted to-be inserted through spaced openings of a wheel and a. hub member, a

, yoke connecting said arms at one end, a shoulder on each arm adapted to abut against i p having a shoulder intermediate its ends prothe edges of, the opening of the wheel through which said arm isinserted, the faces of -said' shoulders presented towards the free ends of the armslheing convex.

- 5. A device of the type described compris- Y .iligffl'; pail; .ofspaced arms adapted tobein- 4 ll? throu h the spaced openings 1 "whe'eland 'hu "member, and a yoke connecti gSnidf-arms at one end, said arms being shaped, at -'t lieopposite ends to conform to .Ethe'shape of the fastening used to secure" said wheeland hub together, whereby when 7 p lot. ha I .'--by a Iiiveigoneeiidof which is adflpt to be shoved-home, 1 the alignment of all ofthe,

fast jni-iig' o'penings, oft-lie Wheel and thehub 'is-ii' a-ined:

"z I for niounting the wheels of motorvehi clesmpon their hubcom inserted through abolt 0 [ling in the ween and engaged upon the hi1 as a .fulcrum and an intermediate section of which is enlarged ,toa dimension greater thansaid boltopenconsisting of two leg portions so spaced as i'ng, whereb the wheel will notslide against 1 the hand-o the operator when the leveris motor vehicles u inclined in the act of mountin the wheel. 7'. A pilot'bar for mountinfit ewheels of n their hu comprised by a lever having a, substantially cylindrical J and adapted to fit an p ni g in a wheel hub, and. a s houlder beyond said cylindrical portion adapted Ito fit the edges of 'a bolt" openin' in a wheel whereby when the end .of the ar is thrust through the wheel opening into a hub opening, the wheel'm'ay be raised to proper position and [aligned by the engagement of the fitting parts; g

8. A pilot bar for mounting the wheels of motor vehicles upon their hub com risedof a leverhavi'ng a- -hub-enga ing en ofsubstantially the diameter o a hub opening which constitutes a fulcrum for the lever,

fund a sharply tapering extension-from said assess-a of a end adapting the lever to-engage within the hub opening to a substantial extent when the lever is inclined to the hub axis, and to further the projection of the fitting end of the lever into the opening.

9. A device of the type described comprising-a lever having an end adapted-to engage upon a wheel hub as a fulcrum, and,

vided with a surface facing the fulcrum end adapted to fit those edges ofthe openings ina wheel by'imeans of which the wheel is fulcrum end adapted to be thrust through registering fastening apertures of the wheel and hub respectively, and shaped substantially to the form of the fastening means Which is used to secure said wheel and hub together.

. 11. A tool for mounting automobile wheels consisting of a plurality of leg portions so spaced as" to be adapted to enter a likenum- "ber ofwhccl and hub holes, as and for the purpose specified.

12-. Atool for mounting automobile wheels pose specified.

13. A substantially U-shaped tool for and for the purpose specified.

14.A relatively longsubstantially U- shaped tool for mounting automobile wheels comprising two le portions spaced apart such distance that t ey are adapted to enter two spaced bolt holes of an automobile wheel and hub, as and for the pur specified. In testimony ture.

WEMIL a. mason,

whereof, I a my signamounting automobile wheels comprising two:

leg portions spaced apart such distance that they are adapted to enter two spaced bolt holesof an automobile wheel and hub, as 

